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OH: Suspects stole records, identities and cars in 33-count indictment

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Dissent

Daniel Barnett reports: The Franklin County Grand Jury has returned a 33-count RICO indictment against four suspects on charges that include theft, identity fraud, and breaking and entering. A press release from the Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney’s office says that Jonathan Charles Knapp, 35, and Justin Lee Goins, 26, stole information out of storage units…

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Indian police arrest criminals selling and trading biometric Aadhaar data

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Dissent

By now, my regular readers have likely all seen reports of data breaches where biometric data were stolen or hacked, such as the OPM breach where 5.6 million employees’ fingerprints were also acquired by suspected state actors or state-sponsored hackers. But a news report out of India shows how biometric data  may be part of…

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Conspirator Who Hacked Mortgage Brokers Sentenced in Computer Hacking and Wire Fraud Scheme

Posted on January 28, 2018 by Dissent

From a January 19 press release from DOJ: Victor Alejandro Fernandez was sentenced in federal court today to 129 months in custody for his involvement in a conspiracy to steal and misuse mortgage customers’ sensitive personal information. Fernandez was charged along with Jason Ray Bailey, John Gordon Baden and Joel Nava with conspiracy to commit…

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The 2018 W-2 Phishing/BEC Victims List

Posted on January 27, 2018 by Dissent

As this site has done in 2016 and 2017,  DataBreaches.net will maintain a list of entities that disclose that they have become victims of a W-2 phishing or business email compromise (BEC) attack.  For 2016, we compiled 175 incidents (although some of them didn’t become public knowledge until 2017), and for 2017, we had 204 incidents…

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Postal carrier with high-end taste was stealing credit cards: report

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Dissent

A postal worker who drove around in a 2014 Maserati Quattroporte (might there be a clue there?) allegedly stole credit cards he was supposed to deliver, and then activated the cards by purchasing the individuals’ personal info on the dark web.  See NJ.com for more details.

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Infant Social Security numbers are for sale on the dark web

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Dissent

Selena Larson reports: Cybercriminals claim to be selling the Social Security numbers of babies on the dark web. The personal details of children — including dates of birth and mother’s maiden names — have been sought after for years. Now, researchers have found an ad on a forum for the sale of data claiming to…

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